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Before anyone gets too worked up about me putting the words ‘Terrific’ and Terminator Salvation](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/terminator-salvation/31561/main) in the same sentence, keep in mind this feature is called Terrific T**railers, and I’m not about to open up that can of worms again aboutSalvation’s** **(many) faults. Although I would like to get this out there right at the outset: after seeing the movie again, it wasn’t as bad as I remembered. Yes, I think we know where it fell apart, but before we get too attached to what went wrong with Terminator, let’s focus on what went right. Now normally, for a flick like this, it’s all about the teaser…a quick money shot, a title card, and the audience is hooked. But for me, I wasn’t truly sold on plunking down my hard-earned dollars until I saw the trailer that had the good sense to pick one of my favorite Nine Inch Nails songs, The Day the World Went Away](The Day the World Went Away - Wikipedia).
So it might be difficult, but try and watch this trailer with fresh eyes, because I happen to think it had everything we (and I) look for in a summer blockbuster: pretty boys/girls, quality F/X, and the good sense to keep at least a few of the surprises a secret (and hey, they even kept Bale’s growling to a minimum). That’s always the danger of watching a trailer, though, because sometimes when it’s a little too good, the film is doomed to be a let-down – and before you know it, you’ve been hoodwinked and you’re looking forward to a movie that never existed.
*After the jump: “the day the whole world went away…” *